1.- What to say: Writing informal emails.

How often do you use your email? Most of use use it on a daily basis, but do you know how to write a good email in English? Let's see.

Email is electronic mail. You can send an email to someone, or email them. They will reply to your email or email you back.

When we write informal emails, we use a more direct language than the one we use for letter writing. For example, instead of using "I am writing with reference to..." we simply say "about..." and instead of writing "please accept our apologies for this misunderstanding", we e-mail "sorry about". We normally keep emails short and to the point, dealing with one topic per message. It is recommended to use a neutral style, neither too formal nor too familiar.

• reply to all: send an answer to the person who sent an email, and everyone who received a copy of it.
• reply: send an answer to the person who sent an email.
• forward: send an email you have received to someone else.
• delete: get rid of an email you don't want.
• cc: send a copy to...
• bcc: send a blind copy to... (the other people don't know you're sending this copy).
• attach: send a document, for example a picture, with an email.
• @: at.
• _: underscore.
• -: hyphen or dash.
• .com: dot com.
• /: (forward) slash.

Let's take a look at an informal email.